November Chapter Event

On Monday, November 12, the Piedmont Triad PMI Chapter will host Connie Chesner and Travis Cook of Armored Team Building as they lead us in an interactive time of facilitated/unfacilitated networking. Be encouraged to bring former and current members as well as curious colleagues to a fun time of food and conversation.

*****Please bring 15-20 business cards so that you can join in the fun!!!*****

Facilitators:

Travis Cook

Performance Enhancement Specialist/Founder

Mr. Cook has been active in the martial arts/Krav Maga industry for over 20 years and has worked in a variety of locations and school structures, leading to a diverse and dynamic set of understanding regarding how the industry works and unique opportunities for market advancement. He is a 5th degree black belt, who has been studying martial arts for 25 years and has won 4 world titles and 25 state titles. He is a certified Warrior Krav Maga and Warrior Fight Club instructor. Beyond his adult-focused certifications, Mr. Cook has extensive experience working with children and is a certified Warrior Fight Club for Kids and Warrior Krav Maga for Kids instructor.

His experience managing and designing immersive and incrementally challenging environments for a demographic and psychographic variety of groups has afforded him the opportunity to manage multiple projects simultaneously in both a self-development and instructional development manner. Managing fluid group experiences, with audience sizes ranging from 6 – 200 allows his flexibility and nimble management style to shift and accommodate the interaction, while still maintaining core project markers and achievement.

Mr. Cook's approach is efficient and his depth of experience instructing easily adapts to a wide variety of skill levels and environments. His background in traditional martial arts, with a focus on Tae Kwon Do, has given him precision and form knowledge that allows him to break down the physiology of actions into manageable steps for students of all skill levels. He is also known for his ability to provide compassion and understanding to those with troubled backgrounds such as domestic violence, rape, and bullying.

Mr. Cook holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business from Georgia Southern University.

Connie Chesner

Performance Enhancement Specialist/Founder

With an extensive background and over 20 years of professional experience in the fields of marketing & communication, learning/instructional design, and research, Ms. Chesner brings an understanding of market penetration and alignment, corporate structures, and human motivation and psychology to the team. Over the years, her talent has made her a highly sought resource for clients across the nation as well as at some of the best Universities in the nation.

Her career has been spent managing workflow and logistics on projects that range from national longitudinal research endeavors and multinational insight ventures to instructional design and client solutions around teamwork and leadership development.

Throughout these experiences, the driving force behind Ms. Chesner's work and decisions has been a core need to see her work and knowledge help others advance and impact the world in more positive ways. Ms. Chesner came to her current passion, Krav Maga, through a personal experience with domestic violence and rapidly saw the value, applicability, and dynamic nature of the skills which she was learning to enhancing the corporate need for better relationships and structures for organizational success. As her own skills evolved, she saw the opportunity available to combine her existing skill at communication, instructional design, project management, and marketing with a desire to help others experience the knowledge, wellness, and empowerment that a Krav Maga experience provides.

Ms. Chesner holds a Master’s degree in Communication from Wake Forest University and is a certified Warrior Krav Maga Instructor.